Stand for fire escapes



Jan. 10,- 1928.

W KAUTZ 5, 1,555,795

` STAND FOR FIRE EscPEs Filed Nov. 29, 192

' ttar//qy lil) Patented Jan. 10, i928.

UNITED STATESl PAT EN T OFFICE;

WILLIAM KAUTZ, OF'WIIJLARD, OHIO.

STAND non FIRE Escapes.

Application led November 29, 1926.

This invention relates to stands for tire escapes, and has for itsprimary object to provide a device ot this character that 1s constructedfor use in conjunctionrwithna tirey escapeoi" the type shown anddescribed in my"copendingapplication, Serial No. 151,480, tiled on evendate herewith.

By reasonofthe present invention said type of lire escape may be readilywound upon itself during the raising, ,otpthe'fire/ escape from theoutside of a building, and

becomes necessary to lextend the firek escape uponthe outside of thebuilding.

A further and important object `of the invention is to provide a deviceof this character wherein the tire escape may be let out of the windowVor drawn therein without contacting with the surface oi the window sillwhich would otherwise mar and greatly damage the same.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter understood, thev samecomprising the novel form, combination, andarrangement of parts herein-i after more 'fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several Views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ot a stand for lire escapes constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section disclosing the iire escape asassociated therewith and in the act o1 being drawn through the window,and

Figure l is a perspective of one of the supporting blocks forv the unitat the upper end of the fire escape generally disclosed herein andspecifically shown and described in my previously mentioned co-pendingapplication for patent.

Now having particular' reference to the drawing, my novel stand consistsof a top board 5 'from the :tour corners of which depend supporting legs6 that are equipped at their lower ends with rollers or casters toSerial No. 151,479.

permit the stand to be readily moved from place to place. Suitablyjournaled beneath theftop board is a horizontal shaft 8, one end oflwhich is equipped with a crank handlet) Vat .the side ot' the stand,while mounted upon the .shaft'within opposed sides thereoi:` is a pairof similarly shaped blocks 10-10. Theseblocks are preferably of wood andare formed at their inner ends and at their top sides with projectingnoses 11,the'under sides of which are tapered" as 1n Figure 4; forengagement within the hooked ends 16 of the arms 15 of the unit shownand described .in my previouslymentioned co-pending application aftersaid unit 1s removed from the sill of the window BV ot the buildingfinvliichzunit is adapted to be supported in its entirety upon .said

pair ot blocks 10-10 as inFigureB.

The outer ends of these blocks 10 are formed with vertical slots 12within which the reinforced end plates of the arms lrof said unitsengage for the purpose of preventing v,longitudinal slidingKV movementof the units upon said supporting blocks. Furthermore, each block 10 isprovided at its upper edge with a hooked pinv 13 that may be turned forengaging the hooked end thereof over the arm 15 as shown in Figure 3 toprevent the dropping of thc-unit from' Y-the'bloclr when said shaft 8 isrotated kfor winding the lire escape designated generally by thereference character C upon said unit.

Pivoted to the pair oie legs adjacent the window when the stand isdisposed in close proximity therewith when letting the chain out of thewindow or drawing the same therethrough is a pair of elongated arms1li-lil that are pivoted at their inner ends to the lower ends of saidlegs as clearly disclosed in Figures 1,72 and 3. Adjacent their outerends and at their outer edges, said arms 1d are formed with curvedtongues 17 which are adapted for engagement with the inner sill board ofthe window B while the extreme outer ends thereof are equipped with aremovable roller 18 over which the tire escape will pass, and upon whichthe saine will be supported when letting` the chain out oi' or drawingthe same into. the building.

Interconnecting the said units at the upper end of the tire escape andthe block carryingshat 8 is a. chain length 19 `provided for the purposeof preventing the entire drcpping or the ladder from the building Ciland :for facilitating` the raising oft-he ladder should the unit t'oranyY reason becoine disengaged troni the window sill B.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel, simple, andefficient lire escape that is Well adapted for all the `purposesheretofore designated, even though I have herein shown and described theinvention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it isnevertheless to be understood that niinor changes may be inade thereinWithout efectiiw the spirit and scope ot the appended claiins.

Having thus described the invention, what I claiin as nen' and desire tosecure by Letters Patent l. In a cabinet 'for a flexible iire escapewherein a hoch is carried by thenpper end of the latter, a rotatableshalt journaled in the cabinet, a block secured on the shaft forrotation ther With, and cooperatingnieans between the hook and saidblock for securing` said ineinbers together whereby the tleXible lireescape inay be nound around the block and the shaft when the latter isro tated in one direction, said ineans includingl a nose projectingtroni one end of the block with which the hooked end Voit the hooi;engages, and a hooked pin carried by the block and adapted to extendover the shank of the hoolr. Y

2. In a cabinet for a flexible fire escape, wherein a hook is carried bythe upper end of the latter, a. rotatable shaft jonrnaled in thecabinet, a block secured on the shaft for rotation therewith, the hookedend of said hook engaging over one end of the block, a hooked pincarried by the block and adapted to extend over the shank of the hookWhereby the flexible lire escape may be Wound around the block, and theshaft when the latter is rotated in one direction, and additional nieansfor connecting the hook to the shaft independently of the block ot theshaft.

3. In a cabinet 'for a ,iiecible lire escape, wherein a. 'hook iscarried by the upper end ot the latter, a rotatable shaft jonrnaled inthe cabinet` a block secnred on the shatt- 'for rotation therewith, thehooked end of said hook engaging over one end oit the block, a hookedpin czirried by the block and adapted to extend over the shanlr ot thehook wherein7 the flexible lire escape may be Wound aronndthe block, andthe sha'tt 1vhen the latter is rotated in one direction, and additionalineens for' connecting the hook to the shait independently oi the blockoi the shaft, said last mentioned ineans comprising ay flexibleconnection between the hooked end ot the iool and said block.

ai. In a cabinet Yjor a tiexiole lire escape 'wherein a hoolz is carriedby the upper end of the latter, a rotatable shaft jonrnaled in thecabinet, a bloei secured on the shaft i'or rotation therewith, a noseprojecting from one end of the block with which the hooked end of thehook engages, the other end ot the block being formed with a slot, aplate dependine` 'troni the other end oli the shank ot the hook :fordisposition Within the slot to prevent longitudinal slidinginovelnent ofthe hook With respect to the block, said ilexible lire escape beingadaptedto be Wound eround the bloei; and the shaft When the latter isrotated in one direction, and a hooked pin carried by the block andadapted to extend over the shank of the hook.

In testimony whereof I aiiX inv signature,

YVILLIAM KAUTZ.

